Glory-Bearers | Finding Our Way Back Together Again | Drew Moore

Who looks like Jesus because they have walked with us? As we see in 2 Corinthians, in many ways the Apostle Paul’s faithfulness was measured by the faith he handed to others. Like Paul, we don’t control how people respond, but it matters that we show up and it matters how we show up. After all, it is in God coming alongside us, and us coming alongside one another, that we find our way.

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Key Verses

  • 2 Corinthians 1:3-7, NLT: All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer.We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:13-14, NLT: Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can’t understand. I hope someday you will fully understand us even if you don’t understand us now. Then on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:24, NLT: But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, NLT: But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?

  • 2 Corinthians 3:1-6, NLT: Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on their behalf? Surely not!The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you.Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:16-18, NLT: But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

One of the best ways to hear what God is saying right now is to look at what He has said in the Bible with a few friends. Discovery Bible Study is an easy-to-use way to hear from God, make good changes in our lives, and share with others what God is up to. Grab some friends, pick a verse or story from above, and dive deeper into this week’s message.

 

Recap

  • To begin the study, each person answers these questions:

    • What are you thankful for?

    • What is causing stress for our neighbors and people around us?

    • What can we as individuals or as a group do to help?

    • Have someone retell the story from your previous meeting.

    • Did you live out your response from last week?

    • Did you tell anyone else about the story from last week?

 
 

DISCOVERING WHAT GOD IS SAYING

    • One person reads the story out loud to the group.

    • Someone else in the group retells the story in their own words as they remember it, and others fill in what’s missing.

    • Read the passage again (different version if possible)

    • What does this passage say about God, Jesus, or His plan?

    • Have 1-2 more people retell the story as if they were telling a neighbor outside their home.

    • What does this passage say about people in general?

 
 

DISCOVER WHAT GOD IS SAYING

    • What in me needs to change to better DO what God is showing me today?

    • How will you respond to/obey this passage in a tangible, perhaps even costly ways in the next 47 hours?

    • Have someone record these for prayer time, and for the beginning of the next meeting.

 
 

SHARING WHAT GOD IS SAYING

    • Take prayer requests

    • Pray together

    • Who in your life needs to hear this story?

    • Who could you invite to study the Bible like this?

 

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